Palate: Smoked meats with a very pungent peat, ketchup, brown sugar, and some very muted stewed fruits.

Finish: Bitter smoke and oak as sherry and peat fade quickly.

Rating: 84/100 – For being matured in a first-fill cask, the sherry had a really hard time punching through the thick layer of peat and smoke leaving me wanting more from a balance perspective.

Value for the money: I bought into a bottle split at roughly a $120 bottle valuation or so, and I’d probably pass on a bottle at that price. Would like to see this closer to $90-$100 to bring it in line with other younger Ledaig IBs.